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Old 1st Dec 2000, 04:48
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FAA certification criteria requires the Aircraft meet a gross weight rate of descent 6' per second(360') and Max'landing' weight, rate of descent of 10/per second(600') Airbus require a Max'landing'weight,rate of ( 560' per minute)
Normal touchdowns are in the order of 1G,about 2/300' per minute..